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And now as I intended - darn autocorrect Hi OC, Flyhawk and White Ensign have frets of railings in various style. Flyhawk have "easy glue" generic railings as well as specific WW2 RN railings. I have used both successfully although cutting a strip out of a fret full of railings is likely to make your eyes cross. good luck

Hi OC, Flyhawk and White Ensign have frets of railings in various styles. Counsel have "easy glue" generic railings as well as specific WW2 RN railings. I have used both successfully although cutting a strip out of a great full of railings is likely to make your eyes cross. good luck Alan

Railings scare me OC, but I think I'm improving. Craig, @CDW is my mentor and his tips have helped a lot. The two biggest improvements for me were. - Working with short sections of railings, even for the straight sections. Getting the sections to join up on the model has been relatively easy once the previous section has dried. - Using Gators Grip glue which I think is a PVA type instead of CA glue. It gives time to adjust and it's easier to clean up. I let it sit for a minute to tack up before placing the section. The two items are kind of related. The shorter sections are easier for the glue to hold on place straight away. When I tried to install the railings in the lengths supplied I found it hard to place accurately along its length and then it would gracefully fold over at the deck edge because the glue couldn't hold it. So far I've been airbrush painting the railings and touching the up after installation. At 1/700 they are a challenge to me. If you get heavy handed with the paint or glue its easy to fill in the spaces between railings. Fragile things indeet. Alan

Patrick. They look very good Alan

Thats a very thoughtful gift OC. It should make a beautiful model. It will be interesting to see how much of the bonus stuff is really necessary. I got a new salt shaker😄 Alan

Thank you Mike. Well the PE on Lance is certainly recalibrating my eyes back to 1/700 detail Alan

I'm looking forward to your Aurora build. That looks like a great kit. I might have to get it to complete the Force K set.

Thanks Boydie. Its fun so far but you are right about the PE. Some of the parts are breaking away in the frets just from moving them about. Alan

Thanks Mike There is plenty to work on in this little destroyer Alan

Thank you OC. I hope I can live up to it. Flyhawk manage to pack an awful lot into such a tiny kit. Lots of tiny parts and PE, Just as much fun as a big one. I hope the Christmas season is going well Alan

Back to tiny world with a vengeance today. I'm still building the modules that will be painted before assembly and then PE is being added in places as part of that. As @Boydie noted the PE is very thin and the hinges of the folds are well perforated so I don't think there would be a second chance if you bend the wrong way. I was trying to go slowly to minimise that problem. The breakwater for the foredeck was a good example. Just the flexing of the part as I was cutting it from the fret saw three of the ribs breaking away from the breakwater. Actually I found it easier to cut them all off and then glue the breakwater to the deck. Once the breakwater was solidly set i attached the ribs. At least that way I wasn't dealing with trying keep everything in place and orientation at the same time. However the little triangles are tiny. I decided that the plastic gun barrels on the 4 inch guns were good enough to retain. I think anything I gained in the neatness of teh brass barrel would be lost in the lack of neatness in drilling the tiny holes in the barrel stubs to hold the brass barrels I'm definitely working at my PE limit. This is the mainmast platform The plastic mainmast is very well done by Flyhawk but I thought the brass version might be better so I assembled the main components without too much trouble. I made up the plastic version to get the correct placements of the brass parts. The antenna at the top of the mainmast is a very fragile piece and two of the H antenna broke away as I was folding them to the correct angle. I managed to find the broken pieces and glue them in place (approximately). Its not as tidy as I would like but it might look OK once painted (if it survives the airbrush). The photo shows one of the ribs for the breakwater and above it one of the H antenna Thanks for looking in and all the helpful comments Alan

Very neat painting OC. Its starting to look busy. Its going to be great. Alan

The engine looks really good. We used to have parking bases which were just stands for spare engines that were simpler and cheaper than the workshop stands. It looks great too. Alan

A fully loaded out AV-8B always looks like something not to be messed with. Alan

Thanks Mike This has been a lot of fun Alan

A diorama you can enjoy with a glass of wine😄 Alan

Thank Egilman. That ceramic brick dust keeps coming in handy Alan

Thanks Patrick I really enjoyed building the car - and helping to eat the cake Alan

Thanks Mark I read the thread. It will be interesting to see what is going on - though doubtless it will be unintelligible to me.

The fuel cans were dulled a little and added to the back of the car. I added a bit more replica sand around the cans and I think this one is finished. The 200 error nailed one of the photos - funny how it picks on one image and even if it is edited, renamed reimported and it still kicks it out. Thank you for all the support, kind and helpful comments. I hope it has been interesting. I hope you all have a great Christmas Alan

Thank you very much Popeye I look forward to tasting the cake Happy Christmas Alan

Thank you Ken I'm looking forward to trying the edible diorama Happy Christmas Alan

Thank you very much Mark Witha third of a bottle of brandy in it; I'm hoping the edible diorama tastes good Happy Christmas Alan

That is great way to show the real size of the zeppelin. It is fantastic display and both models are exceptionally well done Alan

I was all set to start SMS Lutsow but I made the mistake of looking at the PE set which includes the torpedo nets and my nerve broke! They look delicate and horribly fiddly. So I decided to reenter the 1/700 world in easy stages and lifted Flyhawks HMS Lance off the shelf. This is the deluxe kit with metal barrels and two sheets of PE, mostly railings and davits. I'm not sure i will used the PE davits; the plastic ones look very good and are three dimensional. A box full of parts along with a nice card with the art work on it. Instructions for the kit and then instructions for the PE so there is the need to cross reference. I tend to go over the kit instructions and make up where the PE parts will take the place of the plastic part number. 1/700 scale seems to have got smaller while I have been away playing with 1/72 armour and the corvette. The PE is thin and fragile. There won't be many second chances The overall plan is to put the decks on the hull and then build up the superstructure separately as much as possible and hopefullu avoid some masking marathons. So the bridge structure has been started with the tiny pieces of bridge equipment added and the first bits of PE I hope everyone has a great Christmas Alan